Life Style
Here, you’ll find interesting ideas that will enable you to develop your own story about Stockholm - The Capital of Scandinavia.
Few capitals can match the unique quality of life in Stockholm – the capital of Scandinavia. Apart from being renowned as one of the world’s most beautiful cities, Stockholm, made up of 14 islands and islets, offers a great range of unique opportunities for it’s inhabitants. Downhill skiing, ice-skating or kayaking right in the city or staying connected to the Internet while living on one of the archipelagos 24 000 islands are just some of the examples.
Stockholm and Moderna Museet (the Modern Museum) is proudly hosting the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, that has been on a victory tour around the USA and to Paris and has been seen by nearly half a million visitors.
While Oslo is still the world’s costliest city, according to the latest survey by the Economist’s intelligence unit, Stockholm is the cheapest of the Scandinavian capitals.
A succession of Swedish designers have made it big both nationally and international. Many of them can be seen during the Stockholm Fashion Week in February and August - a week filled with fashion shows, trade shows, trading sites and other events arranged all over the city by Swedish designers.
Stockholm based brands like Acne Jeans, Lindeberg, Nudie, Cheap Monday, WE SC and Tiger of Sweden are just some examples of hot Swedish denim labels today.
There are around 20 universities and university colleges in Stockholm, with varying educational profiles. They have around 80 000 students enrolled and 4000 are being visiting students. The universities and university colleges offer traditional university subjects as well as post-secondary studies in music, art and dancing. They charge no tuition fees, as undergraduate studies in Sweden are fully financed by the government.
Since ABBA’s breakthrough in 1974 a lot has happened on the Swedish music scene.
The Stockholm region is home to about 50 golf courses, which is more than most cities in the world, and new clubs spring up all the time.
Social as well as health considerations have forced the new regulations.
- the denim eruption rises to new heights in Stockholm!
- the global jeans centre is no longer in the US, but in Stockholm
- Stockholm trend is ’high waist and super straight slim legs’…
Encouraging young people to ’try-it’ and with a desire to change the world!
In the ’Strömmen’ (flow) in Stockholm - between the Royal Castle and the Opera Bar - there are over 30 different fish species, which makes this area one of the best fishing waters in the Stockholm region.
